Chapter 687 Countermeasures (1)
Sure enough, in just two days, East China ** showed its own countermeasures and announced three resolutions.
1 In view of the five expeditionary forces headed by Britain and France, the East China ** decided to take measures to withhold all merchant ships from Britain, France, Russia, Japan and the Netherlands. If any merchant ship dares to resist or flee, they will be sunk;
2. All ships in the country shall not be docked at the port of ** from now on. For ships 12 nautical miles along the coast of ****, East China will take measures to expel them. If they refuse to be driven away, East China will seize the ships and cause sunk;
3 East China ** will form a fleet and sail within three days to attack Java. All overseas colonies of five countries in Britain, France, Russia, Japan and the Netherlands are targets of attacks from East China **. East China ** will attack the overseas colonies of five countries in Britain, France, Russia, Japan and the Netherlands based on actual conditions.
These three resolutions are of course aimed at the five expeditionary forces mainly from Britain and France, and adopted a trade ban on East China. The main one is to target Britain and France. East China did not use the countermeasures to combat the economic interests of the two countries in China as expected by Britain and France, because this impact on Britain and France has little impact on Britain and France. On the contrary, it will also cause China's economic crisis. Of course, East China will not be able to do such a thing, so the countermeasures must be to grasp the other party's real weaknesses.
Just as the weakness of East China is the tight supply of materials, and the weakness of Britain and France is in addition to their local areas, they are their overseas colonies and trade. East China has taken action against these two measures, which is the precise countermeasure. Although the current scope of the Navy's activities in East China is mainly concentrated in the Asian waters, to be precise, East Asia, Southeast Asia, and the farthest waters are Java, and will not cross the Strait of Malacca, but this area is one of the most frequent merchant ship activities between Britain and France, including Eurasia. The maritime trade, non-Asian maritime trade, US-Asian maritime trade, and South Asia sub-Asian maritime trade, all pass by here. Therefore, as long as the merchant ships of Britain and France can operate in this area of the sea, it will be a major blow to the economies of the two countries. Moreover, Britain and France have a large number of colonies in East Asia and Southeast Asia. Once the East China attacks these colonies indiscriminately, the losses Britain and France will suffer far exceed the commercial interests in China.
Of course, this does not mean that as long as East China attacks overseas colonies and trade between Britain and France, Britain and France will immediately accept defeat. However, if this continues, Britain and France may not have a chance to win. First, Britain and France have suffered huge losses, and second, East China can replenish supplies by placing merchant ships and confiscating goods to alleviate their own material crisis.
Moreover, East China's ** is not just a fight against Britain and France, but also has no mercy on the ** and the Netherlands. ** is an island country, and its material supply depends entirely on imports from overseas. Since the current domestic economy is almost completely collapsed, it is entirely due to external blood transfusions to avoid force. Therefore, East China's ** comprehensive ** can completely cut off the ** input, that is, put pressure on the ** and force the ** to admit defeat as soon as possible. If ** is willing to admit defeat, then East China will be more than half successful.
However, whether it is to attack the overseas colonies and trade between Britain and France, or to comprehensively attack, it will take a certain amount of time to see the effect, and it will take at least a few months. Therefore, the main breakthrough of East China's ** still falls on the Netherlands, which is the same as Xia Bohai and Qin Zheng's previous conception. Moreover, there are not so many troubles to the Netherlands. East China ** directly adopts the method of attacking Java and threatening force.
The Netherlands is the weakest among the five countries of the Expeditionary Force. After the expeditionary force was wiped out, Java's security was actually ineffective. Moreover, the Zhang Zhenxun family in East China is familiar with Java's situation and has a very influential local support. Therefore, the success of East China's attack on Java is extremely high.
Of course, the purpose of East China ** is not to really occupy Java, but to force the Dutch to stubbornly treat it. Now Java is the main overseas colony of the Netherlands, but it is not limited to Java, but also includes Sumadara, Sulawesi, New Guinea and Kalimantan, as well as some surrounding archipelago areas, which are centered on Java. Therefore, the Netherlands *** will never be indifferent to Java. Seeing Java Island being captured by the People's Army, you can only compromise with East China **. In this way, East China ** will achieve a breakthrough.
However, everything cannot be absolute. If the Netherlands is tough and refuses to compromise, or if the Netherlands is compromised, the other four countries are still tough. Then the next target of East China is France's colonies in Southeast Asia, namely Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia and other regions. Although the area of these areas is not large, it is the most important colony of France. Vietnam has not only abundant resources, but also has a long coastline and many excellent ports. East China plans to use maritime assaults to destroy the ports and coastal cities of the French colonies, causing major losses to France.
In contrast, the British colonies in Southeast Asia are mainly Myanmar, the Malay Peninsula, and the northern part of Kalimantan, but the main one is Myanmar, and East China is a little out of reach. Therefore, the UK is only intercepting merchant ships, and only attacking French colonies can also create an imbalance between Britain and France, making France think that I am suffering losses for Britain and achieving the goal of dividing the two countries.
In the plan of East China, there was no action against **. This is because ** is the only country that borders East China. It is also a country that cannot threaten it from the sea. Compared with the navy, the army of East China has much less advantages and is far from the core area of East China. Therefore, the front line is too long and the cost of launching a war is too high. At present, East China should still give full play to its advantages at sea, which is also the lowest cost and the greatest benefit. Now, East China is the only one in East China on the sea surface of East Asia and Southeast Asia. The five countries of England, France, Japan, Russia and the Netherlands cannot pose any threat to East China. ** can only be ranked last.
After the announcement of the countermeasures of East China, it once again triggered a huge response internationally, because the three countermeasures of East China were indeed a bit amazing, and they exceeded the international community's expectations. They were far beyond China's scope, and it was very likely that the Far East War would continue to expand and push it to an uncontrollable edge. It was even possible that the entire Southeast Asia region would be involved in the war.
The reactions of the four countries involved were naturally caused by fierceness. Almost on the day when Britain and France received the news, they issued a severe stern ** accusing East China of arbitrarily expanding the war, wantonly trampling on international norms, undermining trade, and undermining the principles of navigation, which may lead to an international economic crisis, etc.
The counter-response of East China indeed captured the pain of Britain and France, because the economies of Britain and France are both outward-oriented and have a heavy dependence on marine transportation. Now the East China threatens to intercept and seize the merchant ships of the two countries and attack the maritime trade of the two countries, which is undoubtedly a soft threat to the two countries. Moreover, this information has also caused the business community of the two countries to be the first to be the merchants, so the business community of the two countries can still sit still, so they demanded that the ** take effective measures to protect the safety of the shipping lines of the two countries.
Britain and France were already under great pressure, and then another mountain was added. But at this time, it was useless to talk and shoot. Since East China ** said it, it would never fail to do it. However, Britain and France do not have any effective means, so it is basically impossible to take military action. This is not that the two countries cannot gather a fleet now, but the British navy can form a fleet that is stronger than the expeditionary fleet. But the problem is that the expeditionary fleet is wiped out, and now it has not been clear how it is defeated. Who can guarantee that the second fleet can win?
What's more, Britain and France are now uneasy on the edge of Europe's bedside, and the rising Germany is like a tiger lying among the steps. In this situation, how dare Britain and France put a large amount of troops into the Far East? The only way now is to put pressure on the East China *** through the international community, striving to make the East China *** give up the action of intercepting British and French merchant ships.
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And **, the Netherlands is also extremely nervous. ** is now facing a comprehensive collapse of domestic economy, which can only be maintained by the assistance of Britain and France. East China must implement a comprehensive maritime closure on ** and cut off all foreign sources of assistance, which will cost the life of **; and the Netherlands is not better. Although the local area will not be threatened by East China, the Netherlands is small and weak, and Java is one of its important financial sources. Therefore, once Java is lost, the Netherlands' fiscal revenue will be greatly reduced, which will inevitably cause a domestic economic crisis. Moreover, although Britain, France and Japan have been counter-stopped, they can still last for a few more months. East China has announced its attack on Java. With the support of Zhang Zhenxun's tribe, Java will change its ownership at most for one month, so the Netherlands cannot help but panic.
Chapter completed!